In case you haven't already, look into Rewire, Le Guess Who, and Roadburn in The Netherlands, all of which are indoor city festivals and have overlap with Primavera in terms of some of the niche acts that they book.
My input to pals on the Neil Young announcement (so funny btw, slating the BBC and the fest 🙂!) has been - I first heard Philadelphia (which doesn't seem to be on Spotify?) aged about 12 and was mesmerised, then I bought second hand After The Goldrush, and Harvest, but then didn't get round to the other stuff. Thanks to this post I've reminded myself of the things I did one way or another get to know off his "greatest hits". Some magnificent songs- Rott en Johnny lol - is there accepted lore for why he ditched the acoustic guitars and wrote all those equally magnificent rock guitar songs?
ps it appears to me that Glastonbury has traditionally had plenty of fogeyish or behind the curve Pyramid headliners, so I have no problem with Neil Young in 2025 - might be good for expectations to be calmed a bit.
pps to whoever above who was criticising Kanye headlining. That's madness. He was the biggest star in global music when he performed. It was a massive event and an incredible coup.
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